Use the information below to answer question 32.A family eats at Joe’s Grill and orders the following items from the menu: Chicken Sandwich $3.95 32.. 100 Use the information below to an
Trang 110 In which of the following years was the cost per
acre of fighting wildfires the lowest?
a 1989
b 1990
c 1991
d 1993
e 1994
Answer questions 11–13 by referring to the
follow-ing graph, which compares the average annual
rainfall with the actual rainfall for one year in a
par-ticular city
11 In which of the following months during 1995
was the rainfall nearest normal?
a April
b May
c June
d July
e August
12 What is the average rainfall amount for the
month of September?
a 0.5 inches
b 0.7 inches
c 2.0 inches
d 2.1 inches
e 2.5 inches
13 During 1995, how many months had
above-average rainfall amounts?
a 2
b 3
c 6
d 9
e 10
14 Which of these numbers has a 9 in the
thou-sandths place?
a 3.00950
b 3.09050
c 3.90050
d 3.00590
e 3.00509
15 Benito earns $12.50 for each hour that he works.
If Benito works 8.5 hours per day, five days a week, how much does he earn in a week?
a $100.00
b $106.25
c $406.00
d $531.25
e $743.75
16 Melissa can grade five of her students’ papers in
an hour Joe can grade four of the same papers in
an hour If Melissa works for three hours grad-ing, and Joe works for two hours, what percent-age of the 50 students’ papers will be graded?
a 44%
b 46%
c 52%
d 54%
e 56%
Months
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
1995 Average Annual Rainfall
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a yardstick to be 28 inches long By laying the
yardstick end-to-end with the rope, what is the
longest distance that he can measure accurately?
a 28 inches
b 36 inches
c 40 inches
d 54 inches
e 64 inches
18 A rectangular area has one side that measures 15
inches and another side one-third as long What
is the area of the rectangle?
a 37.5 square inches
b 40 square inches
c 55 square inches
d 75 square inches
e 85 square inches
19 Des Moines recently received a snowstorm that
left a total of eight inches of snow If it snowed at
a consistent rate of three inches every two hours,
how much snow had fallen in the first five hours
of the storm?
a 3 inches
b 3.3 inches
c 5 inches
d 7.5 inches
e 8 inches
20 The number of red blood corpuscles in one
cubic millimeter is about 5,000,000 and the
number of white blood corpuscles in one cubic
millimeter is about 8,000 What, then, is the ratio
of white blood corpuscles to red blood
corpuscles?
a 1:400
b 1:625
c 1:40
21 The perimeter of a rectangle is 148 feet Its two
longest sides add up to 86 feet What is the length
of each of its two shortest sides?
a 31 feet
b 42 feet
c 62 feet
d 72 feet
e 74 feet
22 A piece of ribbon 3 feet 4 inches long was
divided into 5 equal parts How long was each part?
a 1 foot 2 inches
b 11 inches
c 10 inches
d 9 inches
e 8 inches
23 Three students take a spelling test Anthony
Her-rera takes his test in 20 minutes Alison West fin-ishes in 17 minutes, and Gracie Owens finfin-ishes
in just 14 minutes What is the average time for the three students?
a 20 minutes
b 19 minutes
c 17 minutes
d 14 minutes
e 12 minutes
24 A steel box has a base length of 12 inches and a
width of 5 inches If the box is 10 inches tall, what is the total volume of the box?
a 480 cubic inches
b 540 cubic inches
c 600 cubic inches
d 720 cubic inches
e 1200 cubic inches
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sidewalk whose length is 6 times its width The
concrete is poured 6 inches deep How long is the
sidewalk?
a 9 feet
b 12 feet
c 15 feet
d 18 feet
e 20 feet
26 After three days, a group of hikers discovers that
they have used 25of their supplies At this rate,
how many more days can they go forward before
they have to turn around?
a 0.75 days
b 1.5 days
c 3.75 days
d 4.5 days
e 7.5 days
27 A supply truck can carry 3 tons A breakfast
ration weighs 12 ounces, and the other two daily
meals weigh 18 ounces each On a ten-day trip,
how many troops can be supplied by one truck?
a 100
b 150
c 200
d 320
e 600
28 A clerk can process 26 forms per hour If 5,600
forms must be processed in an 8-hour day, how
many clerks must you hire for that day?
a 24 clerks
b 25 clerks
c 26 clerks
d 27 clerks
e 28 clerks
29 On the same latitude, Janice travels east at 35
miles per hour and Harriet travels west at 15 miles per hour If the two women start out 2,100 miles apart, how long will it take them to meet?
a 30 hours
b 42 hours
c 60 hours
d 105 hours
e 140 hours
30 During the last week of training on an obstacle
course, a runner achieves the following times in seconds: 66, 57, 54, 54, 64, 59, and 59 The run-ner’s three best times this week are averaged for her final score on the course What is her final score?
a 57 seconds
b 55 seconds
c 59 seconds
d 61 seconds
e 56 seconds
31 Twelve less than 4 times a number is 20 What is
the number?
a 2
b 4
c 5
d 6
e 8
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A family eats at Joe’s Grill and orders the following
items from the menu:
Chicken Sandwich $3.95
32 If the family orders 2 hamburgers, 1
cheese-burger, 2 chicken sandwiches, and 1 grilled
cheese, what is the total cost of their order?
a $12.20
b $15.15
c $17.10
d $18.05
e $19.10
33 If Rachel has worked a total of 2614hours so far
this week, and has to work a total of 3712hours,
how much longer does she have to work?
a 1014hours
b 1114hours
c 1134hours
d 1312hours
e 1334hours
34 If candy bars cost $0.40 and soft drinks cost
$0.50, what is the cost of four candy bars and
three soft drinks?
a $2.10
b $2.30
c $2.60
d $3.10
e $4.00
35 On Roy’s daily jog, he travels a distance of12mile
Roy jogs 5 laps around the track, what is the total distance that he travels?
a 214miles
b 212miles
c 3 miles
d 314miles
e 4 miles
36 A teacher spacing desks in a classroom
deter-mines that she can have 4 rows of desks if she spaces them 4 feet apart Each desk is 3 feet wide
If there is 4 feet from the wall to the rows of desks on the edges, how wide is the classroom?
a 20 feet
b 28 feet
c 32 feet
d 36 feet
e 40 feet
37 Kathy was half the age of her mother 20 years
ago Kathy is 40 now How old is Kathy’s mother?
a 50
b 60
c 70
d 80
e 100
Use the information below to answer question 38
A used car dealer has 40 cars on his lot Fifteen of them are Fords, 9 are Chevrolets, 10 are Dodges, and 6 are foreign models The dealer sells 2 cars after a day
38 Which of the following statements can be
deter-mined from the information above?
a the number of cars remaining on the lot after
the day ends
b the number of Toyotas on the lot
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Ms Margaret Richbody wishes to insure items of
jew-elry valued as follows:
■ 1 gold watch, valued at $240
■ 2 rings, each valued at $150
39 Ms Richbody’s insurance agent, Bill Ratchet, is
preparing a report on the jewelry Which one of
the following represents the total value?
a $460
b $545
c $610
d $705
e $785
Use the information below to answer question 40
A man turns in a woman’s handbag to the Lost and
Found Department of a large downtown store The
man informs the clerk in charge that he found the
handbag on the floor beside an entranceway The clerk
estimates that the handbag is worth approximately
$150 Inside, the clerk finds the following items:
■ 1 leather makeup case valued at $65
■ 1 vial of perfume, unopened, valued at $75
■ 1 pair of earrings valued at $150
40 The clerk is writing a report to be submitted
along with the found property What should he write as the total value of the found cash and property?
a $468
b $608
c $618
d $638
e $718
Use the information below to answer questions 41–43
The cost of movie theater tickets is $7.50 for adults and
$5 for children ages 12 and under On Saturday and Sunday afternoons until 4:00 P.M., there is a matinee price: $5.50 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and under Special group discounts are available for groups
of 30 or more people
41 Which of these can be determined from the
information given in the above passage?
a how much it will cost a family of 4 to buy
movie theater tickets on Saturday afternoon
b the difference between the cost of two movie
theater tickets on Tuesday night and the cost
of one ticket on Sunday at 3:00 P.M
c how much movie theater tickets will cost each
person if he or she is part of a group of 40 people
d the difference between the cost of a movie
theater ticket for an adult on Friday night and
a movie theater ticket for a 13 year old on Sat-urday afternoon at 1:00 P.M
e the total money saved by a group of 35
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the-ater tickets cost for two adults, one 15-year-old
child and one 10-year-old child at 7:00 P.M on a
Sunday night?
a $17.00
b $19.50
c $25.00
d $26.50
e $27.50
43 Using the passage, how can you find the
differ-ence in price between a movie theater ticket for
an adult and a movie theater ticket for a child
under the age of 12 if the tickets are for a show at
3:00 P.M on a Saturday afternoon?
a subtract $3.00 from $7.50
b subtract $5.00 from $7.50
c subtract $7.50 from $5.50
d add $5.50 and $3.00 and divide by 2
e subtract $3.00 from $5.50
44 It takes a typing student 0.75 seconds to type one
word At this rate, how many words can the
stu-dent type in 60 seconds?
a 4.5 words
b 8.0 words
c 45.0 words
d 75.0 words
e 80.0 words
45 If a physical education student burns 8.2 calories
per minute while riding a bicycle, how many
calories will the same student burn if she rides
for 35 minutes?
a 246 calories
b 286 calories
c 287 calories
d 387 calories
e 980 calories
46 Pediatric specialist Dr Drake charges $36.00 for
an office visit, which is 34of what general practi-tioner Dr Jarmuth charges How much does Dr Jarmuth charge?
a $48.00
b $27.00
c $38.00
d $57.00
e $28.80
Use the information below to answer question 47
A bicycle shop has a total of 55 bicycles in stock Twelve are red, 5 are green, and 15 are blue The bicycles are made by three different manufacturers: Trek, Schwinn, and GT
47 Which of the following facts can be determined
from the information given above?
a the number of Trek bicycles
b the number of yellow bicycles
c the cost of a red Schwinn
d the ratio of road bicycles to mountain bicycles
e the ratio of red bicycles to green bicycles